Brither Ryan,
You have hit the most incredible passage, respecting the Covenant of Redemption. This passage is nothing more nor less than the Father's will expressed to the Son, and the promises he makes to him on the basis of what he (assuredly) fulfills. The flux of tense in the passage is indicative of the atemporal quality of this agreement; it is eternal. But Isaiah is recording it as both a past agreement, a future fulfillment, and something so certain, as to be declared successful in its accomplishment before the Mediator even appears in the flesh.

Thomas Goodwin, in his treatise "of Christ the Mediator" (Works, vol. 5) expresses this much more fully and adequately than I. Blew me away when I read it.

I quote myself from another thread: "And if you desire to see the Covenant agreement itself, begin reading in Isaiah 49, and then do not miss the stipulations of the bargain, Is. 53: the Servant shall do thus and such, and Jehovah will do thus and such."

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